Sarah Hedgecock

Who cares that bunch of bugs are eating northern Texas alive? You do, because they're called hackberry nipple-gall maker insects.

Millions of the best-named bugs ever have swarmed the northern portion of the Lone Star State in an effort to stay warm as temperatures continue to drop. Residents report that the hackberry nipple-gall makers are coating houses and cars, and they're burrowing inside through whatever cracks they can find. Hackberry nipple-gall makers are pretty harmless, but in large droves they can be pretty disgusting.

"It's just uncomfortable," said one victim to NBC Dallas-Fort Worth. "You can't get in your car. They in your ears, your hair and your clothes, and it's just uncomfortable. There are millions of them."

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We may have been mistaken in our excitement over the hackberry nipple-gall maker. Awesome though the name is, you should probably avoid a sightseeing trip to Texas. Although if they're already a problem in your house, experts have a simple solution: just "vacuum them up."